Compeer Financial gives blue ribbon awards. Cost share offered to organic farmers. U of I receives $20 million grant for AI ag research institute.

Home Front: “Old friends” come in siblings, neighbors next door and a hundred other ways, but every friendship needs cultivating.

Barometer posts most positive reading since February 2020 on expectations for excellent crop yields, price rallies.

Lauren Herd, one of 12 students in the U.S. to earn the fellowship this year, will study anaplasmosis.

Decision comes after lawmakers ask USDA to extend flexibilities for entire 2020-21 school year.

Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about the Farm Progress Virtual Experience, the Nebraska state fair, Kenosha, Wis., lack of rain in areas and a new area code.

Estate Plan Edge: The political platforms are markedly different, but estate and succession planning should be thoughtful and methodical, not hasty or drastic.